Hyatt Unveils Major Expansion to Luxury Portfolio

25.08.2023 - 14:32 / skift.com / Rashaad Jorden

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An extended-stay hotel brand will rise as part of a new development in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. The Seaboard Station mixed-use development will include a Hyatt House hotel. The 149-room hotel will be part of the second phase of the development led by Hoffman & Associates. The Hyatt House will include a rooftop bar and a restaurant, a courtyard pool with an adjacent bar and restaurant, a gym and flexible meeting spaces. The second phase of the Seaboard Station development is currently underway and will include the hotel, retail space and two apartment buildings totaling 279 residences.

Selina Hospitality PLC opened its newest location in Israel. Selina Fishman is the third hotel for the brand in Tel Aviv and the 13^th in the country overall. Located just a 1-minute walk from Frishman Beach, the hotel features 178 bedspaces, a restaurant and bar, and a Cowork café.

Skift Note: Selina has expanded its portfolio significantly this year, including opening properties in the U.S., Greece, Australia in addition to Israel.

Accor also announced a new strategic partnership with Overseas Chinese Town Hotel Group, expanding their relationship and adding a new journey to develop hospitality projects in China. Accor and OCT Hotel Group are exploring opportunities with many of Accor’s 40 brands, beginning with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. Fairmont Shenzhen Interlaken is set to open by the end of 2024. The previous relationship with OCT Hotel Group has resulted in the Pullman Lijiang Hotel and Pullman Zhouzhuang Hotel. Fairmont Shenzhen Interlaken will be the first project under the new partnership, located in the nature resort of Overseas Chinese Town East in Yantian District.

The Le Meridien brand’s return to Australia is a few months away. Le Meridien Melbourne was originally scheduled to open in 2020 but is now locked in for a March opening date.  The 235 room and suite hotel replaces the historic Palace Theatre, located at the Parliament end of Bourke Street. The hotel includes a ground floor café and bar, restaurant, various meeting spaces and a rooftop pool deck.

Hyatt announced its pipeline of 13 anticipated openings within its luxury portfolio over the next three years across Europe, Middle East, and Africa. The 13 hotels set to open include brands such as Park Hyatt, Andaz, Grand Hyatt, Thompson Hotels, Miraval Resorts and spas, and The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, increasing Hyatt’s luxury brand footprint by over 30% in the EMEA region by 2026. The new Hyatt hotels include four Park Hyatt branded hotels